Texas Transportation Code
Sec.
§
547.502
Visible Warning Devices Required
(a)
Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person who operates, outside an urban district or on a divided highway, a truck, bus, or truck-tractor or a motor vehicle towing a house trailer shall carry in the vehicle:
(1)
at daytime:
(A)
at least two red flags at least 12 inches square; and
(B)
standards to support the flags; and
(2)
at nighttime:
(A)
at least three flares and at least three red-burning fusees;
(B)
at least three red electric lanterns; or
(C)
at least three portable red emergency reflectors.
(b)
A person who operates an explosive cargo vehicle at nighttime:
(1)
shall carry in the vehicle three red electric lanterns or three portable red emergency reflectors; and
(2)
may not carry in the vehicle a flare, fusee, or signal produced by flame.
(c)
A flare, electric lantern, or portable reflector must be visible and distinguishable at a distance of at least 600 feet at night under normal atmospheric conditions.
(d)
A portable reflector unit must be designed and constructed to reflect a red light clearly visible at all distances from 100 to 600 feet under normal atmospheric conditions at night when directly in front of lawful lower beams of headlamps.
(e)
A flare, fusee, electric lantern, portable reflector, or warning flag must be a type approved by the department.Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.